Religion

Book II, 47: On bauling Curres

by Francis Quarles 1592–1644

From Divine Fancies (1633), Book II

Religion

I Feard the world and I were too acquainted;
I hope my feares are, like her Joyes, but painted:
Had I not bin a Stranger, as I past,
Her bauling Curres had never bark'd so fast.

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Quarles, Francis. “Book II, 47: On bauling Curres.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/148/.

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Quarles, Francis. “Book II, 47: On bauling Curres.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/148/.

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